Neighbor, officer and coroner take stand in retrial of accused murderer Andrew Leon

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Andrew Leon sat softly successful this Fresno County Courtroom connected Friday greeting arsenic helium faces a retrial for shooting and sidesplitting April Diaz successful 2023 extracurricular of her Huron home.

Diaz is the parent of his woman astatine the time, whom helium was trying to scope connected that acheronian night.

Three radical took the witnesser stand, starting with Ramona, Diaz's neighbor.

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The authoritative coating a representation of that nighttime from Ramona's perspective, who says she recognized Diaz's dependable and looked retired of her chamber model aggregate times, witnessing an statement earlier proceeding gunfire.

"I commencement screaming," Ramona said.

"Were you acrophobic astatine that time?" the authoritative asked.

"Yes. I started screaming, and I drawback my telephone and I telephone 911," she replied.

Ramona answered each question astir what she recalled connected that deadly nighttime starring to an affectional testimony.

The defence emphasizing what she did not see.

"Just to clarify, you are not watching the infinitesimal instantly earlier the shooting?" defence lawyer Brendan Bergh said.

"No," Ramona replied.

Sgt. Christopher Johnson with the Marina Police Department besides took the stand, recalling the nighttime Leon turned himself successful and drove him to Fresno County.

"People turning themselves successful isn't new, but turning yourself successful for homicide, that is simply a caller 1 for me," Sgt. Johnson said.

Fresno County coroner Dr. Thomas Bennett testified last, explaining his assemblage and the circumstantial mode successful which helium examines a body.

He shared with the assemblage wherefore each item matters and the communicative it tells, including the region of a gunshot.

"The gunshot wounds to her thorax were the origin of her death," Dr. Bennett said.

"And successful presumption of her mode of death, bash you person an opinion?" The authoritative asked.

"This is simply a homicide," helium replied.

The proceedings is scheduled to proceed connected Tuesday greeting and the assemblage is expected to spell into deliberation aboriginal successful the week.

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